'After the Coalition': This book will infuriate David Cameron and Nick Clegg

Seven young Tory MPs are writing a book called After the Coalition: The Future Of Britain And A Renewed Conservative Party, which will be published by BiteBack. It's a brave move: they'll be swiftly ostracised by the Prime Minister for betraying the Coalition – and for sheer cheek.

But these MPs are playing a longer game. Dare I say it, they might be looking ahead to the Era of Boris, where David Cameron's word against them won't matter so much. As Iain Martin noted over the weekend, they are all part of the 2010 intake and tend towards Thatcherism and Euroscepticism, rather than the watered-down Conservatism that is embodied by the politics of the Coalition.

So who are these Magnificent Seven?

Well, I can only reveal two names: Kwasi Kwarteng and Chris Skidmore, the lead authors. These are both former Chairmen of the Bow Group. Kwarteng is of Ghanian heritage and is an old Etonian and a Kennedy Scholar (his first book, Ghosts of Empire, is out soon). Chris Skidmore is a grammar school boy and is also a historian (he's the author of Edward VI: The Lost King of England).

So, are these two young historians the future of the Conservative Party? Or are they next generation of troublesome backbenchers? After the Coalition may tell us all we need to know.